October 20, 2019 29Th Sunday in Ordinary Time the Word of God Is Living and EffecVe, Discerning ReflecOns and Thoughts of the Heart
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OUR MISSION: The Community of St. Mary, a diverse people sharing a common pilgrim journey within the Catholic Church, committed to following Jesus’ commandment to love God, love neighbors and go make disciples. October 20, 2019 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time The word of God is living and effecve, discerning reflecons and thoughts of the heart. In-person registraon will be available in the St. Joseph Center beginning in November. Connect with us! St. Mary Catholic Church Www.stmary-woodstock.org @StMaryWoodstock Text LoveGod to 84576 Next Week’s Gospel Visita paginas 6 y 7! Luke 18:9-14 A LETTER FROM OUR PASTOR Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This weekend, October 19-20, 2019, we celebrate the annual World Mission Sunday. This Sunday is a me set aside for all Catholics around the world during Mass to publicly renew our commitment to our sacred call to be missionaries of the Good News. Because of our Bapsm, we are all missionaries, called to witness our faith with others and to support in prayer and sacrifice the work of our missionaries who relessly bring the Gospel to the ends of the world, especially to the most poor and abandoned places. At this me, the annual collecon is also to be taken up in all dioceses and parishes. Pope Pius XI established this collecon in 1926 to provide funding for the missionaries of the worldwide Church. Pope John Paul II, in his 1990 encyclical, “Redemptoris Missio,” called World Mission Sunday “an important day in the life of the Church because it teaches how to give: as an offering made to God, in the Eucharisc celebraon and for all the missions of the world.” Having this in mind, we, as a parish, renew our support for the Mission. This weekend, we conduct the combined collecon for Mission Sunday. Kindly use the envelope you received in the mail during the week and please be generous with your contribuon for the Mission. If you have accepted the thing way of giving, this contribuon comes from the 4% poron of your income that you direct toward worthy charies. This collecon will benefit approximately 1,200 missionary territories around the world. Funding is administered by the Society for the Propagaon of the Faith, one of four Ponfical Mission Sociees which seeks to foster a “spirit of universal mission, to inform Catholics of the life and the needs of the Catholic Church in the missions, and to encourage prayer and financial help for those mission churches.” Please pray and support our Catholic Mission. Despite the financial difficules we are facing as individuals and as a naon, we remain the most significant sign and source of hope for the needy throughout the world. Our sacrificial giving will not go unrewarded by the Good Lord. Sincerely Yours In Christ, Fr. Burt Absalon, Pastor WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL Baby Caleb March Dennis Gray Andrew Klocek RB McCallister Mikela Riano Baby Cole John Harding Jim Klocek Orient Melone Baby Blaire Spivey Sandra Block AJ Harrison Mary Klocek Gillis Corky Metras Bryan Strathman Dave Byers Dawn Heinz Richard Krzywy Susan Nelson Warren Walters Steve Gensch Dolores (Dee) Hooker Cindy Krzywy Dave Pierce Mary Lou We Daniel Gomez Nancy Kelso Richard Legge Rose Potje 2 | St. Mary Parish · Woodstock, Illinois Ministry Fair Schedule at St. Mary An opportunity to serve! October 19-20: Love God October 26-27: Love Neighbor November 2-3: Go Make Disciples Visit our ministry tables a er Masses on these upcoming weekends and sign up to share your me and talent with St. Mary’s! Representaves will be available to tell you more about each ministry! The first 500 people to sign up for a ministry (or if you turned in your parcipaon card) will receive a FREE St. Mary customized mug! Stop by a ministry table to pick one up! Respect Life Month: Reflection How to Build a Culture of Life Read the full version at respectlifeprogram.org/culture-of-life Watching the news and reading the headlines, we may feel helpless seeing the heartbreaking lack of respect for human life. How do we respond? Changing the culture is a process of conversion that begins in our own hearts. When we encounter Christ, experience His love, and deepen our relaonship with Him, we become more aware of our own immeasurable worth and that of others. His unchanging love is the source of our God-given dignity, which, therefore, cannot be taken away. When someone is facing great trials, we need to walk with them on their journey, intercede for them, and be open to sharing Christ’s love however He directs. We simply need to follow where He leads. This is a summary of a USCCB Respect Life Program arcle by the same name and is reprinted with permission. Respect Life Baby Bole Drive! A poron of the funds collected will go to support the Respect Life Ministry here at St. Mary Parish, and a poron will go to 1st Way Life Center, a pregnancy support center, in Johnsburg. Ways to fill your bole: 1. Check *donaon amount can be added to your year-end tax leer 2. Cash (It’s light weight!) 3. Coin Please return boles to St. Mary’s by Oct.26/27 Celebrate a traditional Dia de los Muertos at St. Mary Catholic School Saturday, November 2, 2019 3:00 pm: “Coco” will be shown in the St. Mary Auditorium The movie will be shown in English with Spanish subtitles. 8:15 pm showing will be in Spanish. $1.00 entry fee - Tickets will be sold at the door. All proceeds support the Tepeyac Fund. Hispanic ministries will sell: Tamales ($2), hot chocolate ($1), sweet bread ($2), popcorn ($1) St. Mary Parish · Woodstock, Illinois | 3 The Annual Ladies Advent Program is Friday, December 6, EVENTS!!OPPORTUNITIESand we are looking! for gi card donaons as part of a “Parishioners Gi Card Basket”. 100% of the proceeds from this special evening goes to support the ministries of St. Mary. Please consider donang a gi card An Emmaus Experience: A Retreat for Men of any amount. These can be dropped off at the Parish Office c/o Linda Miceli/Ladies When was the last me you gave yourself a gi that will Advent Program. last forever? The Men’s Emmaus retreat is just such a gi ! Men’s Holy Hour It is a me to renew and deepen your relaonship with the (In the church) Lord. It is a vehicle to meet other men in the parish who Monday, October 21, 7:00 pm are looking for friendship. Men of St. Mary, join us for an evening of the Rosary, The retreat is being held at Inspiraon Retreat Center in Adoraon, Benedicon, Confession, and social me. Walworth, WI. Cost: $150 - Registraon forms are available on the St. Jo- seph Center bullen boards. For more informaon, contact Jim Liebetrau (815) 236- 5560/ [email protected] Saturdays @ 6:15 a.m. St. Joseph Center Basement TRUNK or TREAT with St. Mary! Week 8 - The Bale for Your Own Soul Friday, October 25 Speaker: John Sablan 3:30 pm A Story of Breaking Free Loved by Him St. Mary Parking Lot Three Ways Satan Can Get Ahold of You There is No Fear In Love Family Faith Formaon is a program, new to Even in Darkness, You Are Never Alone St. Mary, designed to help families grow in Surrendering To The Lord the transforming love of God by understand- ing and living the Catholic Faith! FFF is open to all St. Mary Share the Warmth families, no maer where your child aends school. St Vincent de Paul will once again The program consists of food, acvies, a fun family pro- be partnering with WACM ject, and a short lesson. The enre program lasts 90 (Woodstock Area Community minutes. The program will be offered in the gym at two Ministries) to collect coats and other warm items for different mes: Sunday, November 17, from 8:45 am - needy men, women and children. Warm hats, scarves 10:15 am, and Wednesday, November 20, from 6:30 pm - and gloves will be gratefully accepted. 8:00 pm. Family Faith Formaon will take the place of RE and Confirmaon Barrels will be in the church starng the weekend that week if your child is enrolled in either of these pro- of October 19/20 thru the weekend of Nov 2/3. grams. Parents must aend the program with their children. Please donate clean and gently used items only. There is no fee to aend! What a wonderful way to begin the Advent Season! 4 | St. Mary Parish · Woodstock, Illinois REGULARLY SCHEDULED MINISTRIES & MEETINGS SPIRITUAL Eucharisc Adoraon/Benedicon—Offered a er daily Mass on the first Friday of every month. Ladies Book/Bible Study—Thursday mornings in the St. Joseph Center, social me 8:30-9:00 am, study/discussion 9:00 am-10:30 am. For informaon, contact Marleen at [email protected]. Perpetual Eucharisc Adoraon—Adorers needed: Sun.: 1am, 2am, 11am, 4pm, 5pm, 8pm; Mon.: 12am, 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am, 11pm; Tues.: 1am, 2am, 3am, 12pm, 2pm; Wed.: 1am, 2am, 3pm; Sat.: 3pm, 10pm. To fill one of these openings, call: Sonny & Irene Cervantes at 815-219-9350. Prayer Warriors—Across from the Mass coordinator’s desk in the church entrance, is a book for anyone to write prayer needs. If you would like to join these prayer warriors, they meet on Tuesdays at 10:30 am in the Conway Center. Respect Life—Meengs are held the first Tuesday of the month.